A federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled Friday that a provision in President Obama’s health care law requiring citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional, but the court didn’t strike down the rest of the law. Read entire article here.

Harrisburg – Thousand Cankers Disease has been detected for the first time in Pennsylvania, and a quarantine restricting the movement of wood from Bucks County and other states known to have the disease is effective immediately. The disease is caused when Walnut […]

Meat producer Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a CDC hunt for a salmonella outbreak that has killed at least one person, and left dozens other sick. At least five people in Pennsylvania were confirmed to have […]

CORRECTION: An earlier article announced two local blood drives; one at the Austin Fire Hall tomorrow, July 27, and one at the St. Eulalia Church in Coudersport on Thursday, July 28. It should be noted that the blood drive on […]

CORRECTION: The blood drive at St. Eulalia Church in Coudersport on Thursday is sponsored by the American Red Cross, while the drive in Austin on Wednesday is for the Community Blood Bank. It should be noted that blood donated to […]

ALBANY, NY – Municipalities in New York, including areas in Steuben and Chemung counties, are re-using wastewater from natural gas drilling for highway and road maintenance, according to a report released by Toxics Targeting, an Ithaca-based environmental database firm. New […]

The Community Blood Bank has announced a critical blood shortage, and donors are urgently requested. The Community Blood Bank would also like to remind possible donors that blood donated locally will be used to treat patients locally. Also, anyone donating […]

PHILADELPHIA (July 19, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency order under the Safe Drinking Water Act to Kenneth Brockett, owner and operator of the Kenneth Brockett Farm in Tyrone, Pa. after determining that the dairy farm […]

The recent shortage of type O and type A blood is worsening as local patients continue to use more blood than is being donated at local blood drives. This past weekend saw a tremendous usage of blood by people suffering […]

SCRANTON – State Sen. John P. Blake (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Monroe) today joined the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute at Lackawanna College to announce a $75,000 state grant to conduct a health survey in the areas of Northeastern Pennsylvania affected by Marcellus shale drilling […]